Mutare — Holding a Bible and smartly-dressed in a formal executive
wear, Memory Dube* could be mistaken as an office executive. But alas,
she is a hardcore prostitute masquerading as a Christian.
"I am desperate for marriage and at the same time looking for decent
clients, who would take care of me," she said. "I can be married if I
pretend to be a Christian. I have friends who were prostitutes and they
are married now."
Dube, who religiously attends lunch-time prayers at one of the
Pentecostal churches in the city centre, is one of the breed of
prostitutes that have invaded the mountainous city of Mutare. They
pretend to be true Christians by day and turn to hookers by night for
survival.
"Our brothers from the church do not go to night clubs, where we will
be doing our errands with other clients," said Dube. "Then during the
day, we will be chasing the church guys who will end up marrying us."
Another hooker, who identified herself only as Shylet, said they
usually had unprotected sex with the brothers from the church but
insisted on using condoms with the clients from the bars.
"The church brothers do not use condoms because they say they want to
marry us," said Shylet. "Since we are desperate for marriage, we do not
have any options but to give in."
She added that she was targeting the church men because they were not exposed to the hassle and bustle of night club life.
"Those guys who frequent nightclubs do not marry because some of them
know us," she said, adding that she was prepared to settle down once
she found someone who could marry her.
A pastor with a popular church here confirmed female "born again"
Christians were flocking to churches in the hope of finding decent
people who could marry them.
"We are having a lot of confessions from prostitutes who are saying
they are born again," said the pastor. "We feel that they have repented,
but we are having problems with others who are snatching other people's
husbands in the church."
He said several church goers had fallen prey to the sex workers and ended up marrying them.
"They come to our church in the afternoon and pretend to be
Christians and go to night clubs during the night where they sell sex.
It has become complicated." he said.
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